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stirtha dragged behind is fed by another person. Not being 

 provided with wheels the native seed-drills require experienced 

 plough-bullocks and ploughmen to work them and it requires 

 long patience to introduce them successfully in a new locality. 

 On the whole, perhaps, the one-furrow garden drills of Ameri- 

 can make (Fig. 30) have the best prospect of success in 

 India. 



FIG. 30. HENDERSON CORN PLANTER AND 

 FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTOR. 



195. Some of these hand drills are fitted with two boxes, 

 one for holding seed and the other for some concentrated 

 fertilizer such as super or sulphate of ammonia &c. Fig. 

 30 illustrates the Henderson Corn Planter and Fertilizer 

 Distributor. One can sow with this 10 acres of land per 

 day, dropping the seeds at any distance apart and sowing 

 at the same time, if needed, any kind of pulverized fertilizer. 

 Each machine is furnished with four dropping rings and pinions 

 to regulate the number of seeds and distance apart of sow- 

 ing. Extra rings are also supplied for sowing peas, beans 

 and other special sized seeds. The price with the fertilizer 

 box is 1 8 dollars, each extra ring costing 25 cents. Without 

 the fertilizer box the price of the Henderson Corn Planter is 

 only 14 dollars in New York. Planet Jr. Seeder No. 5 (price 

 13 dollars) is also recommended. 



